India’s Linguistic Fault Lines: Unpacking South India’s Anti-Hindi Narrative

Aditi Joshi is a Delhi-based history graduate, researcher, writer, content strategist, and cultural commentator focused on reclaiming Indic civilizational perspectives and historical accuracy. She is the Founder of Itihasdhir (इतिहासधीर), launched in 2023, a platform for thoughtful discussions on Indian history, historians’ influence, book reviews, scholar interviews, and forgotten aspects of Bharat’s past. Currently, she serves as Content Manager at Upword Foundation, contributing to content strategy and creation on cultural, historical, and societal topics aligned with Indic values. An aligned effort of the Upword Foundation and Itihasdhir is a bookclub namely, Bookmarkers. A passionate folklore enthusiast, she is also an artist and translator, blending creativity with scholarship to highlight India’s cultural depth and challenge misrepresentations. Her work addresses colonial distortions of Hindu Dharma, erasure of symbols, caste narratives, and Sanātana traditions’ survival.